“Funny, Serena did it at 17,” Tennis Twitter ricochets sundry retorts to Coco Gauffs’ youngest player top 10 debut

Coco Gauff, the young American tennis athlete, just a few moments back got herself appraised upon being the youngest player in 16 years to debut in the top 10 ranked players of the WTA. The 18-year-old was received with the utmost enthusiasm by the Women’s Tennis Association with a heartfelt note of “Welcome to the club.”

While most fans and a majority of the tennis community shared the same heartfelt emotion for Coco on her success via tweets, some were lingering for an opportunity as such to look down upon the young achiever, foundering with tweets of such nature as “Funny, Serena did it at 17.”

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“It has never been easier to win slams,” Tennis Twitter contemplates on Coco’s future Grand Slam success

Coco Gauff, whose recent endeavor at the US Open went considerably well when she made it to the quarter-final of the championship, ultimately got ousted by the French tennis professional, Caroline Garcia, with a lousy score of 6-3, 6-4. Although her acquiring a good overall performance at the tournament, Coco was determinedly still back-lashed by her fans and peers. In recent light of events, she has also been highly praised by tennis icon, Serena Williams for her multiple achievements at such a young age.

Following two major WTA tournaments, namely, the Silicon Valley Classic and the Canadian Open, her position nevertheless has stayed the same, with her being shown the door in the quarter-final in both opens. Her top 10 rankings will be updated on Monday where she’ll stand to be in a position of getting herself an appraisal. Her first WTA tour singles were won when she was merely 15 years old back in 2019 at the Linz Open.

Here are some of the reactions recorded witnessing her debut:

Meanwhile, at the ongoing US Open, Ons Jabeur, the Tunisian tennis player has successfully made her way to the championship finals, getting the better of Caroline Garcia with a score of 6-1, 6-3 and now finally awaits to battle world No. 1 Iga Swiatek for the Flushing title.

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